Lexic.us

Definition of Floss

1. Verb. Use dental floss to clean. "Floss your teeth after every meal"

2. Noun. A soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery.

3. Noun. A soft thread for cleaning the spaces between the teeth.

Definition of Floss

1. n. The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

2. n. A small stream of water.

3. n. A body feather of an ostrich. Flosses are soft, and gray from the female and black from the male.

Definition of Floss

1. Acronym. (context free software movement) free/libre/open source software ¹

2. Noun. a thread, used to clean the area between the teeth ¹

3. Noun. (raw) silk fibres ¹

4. Noun. the fibres covering a corn cob ¹

5. Noun. Any thread-like material having parallel strands that are not spun or wound around each other. ¹

6. Noun. (British) Spun sugar or cotton candy, especially in the phrase "candy floss". ¹

7. Verb. To clean the area between the teeth using ''floss''. ¹

8. Verb. (African American Vernacular English) To show off, especially by exhibiting one’s wealth or talent. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Floss

1. to clean between the teeth with a strong thread [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Floss

1. 1. The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk. 2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk. Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; called also linen floss, and floss yarn. Origin: It. Floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. Fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See Flux. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Floss

floruit floruits florulent flory floryshe flos-ferri floscular floscularian floscularians floscule

floscules flosculous flosequinan flosh floshes floss (current term) floss silk flossed flosser flossers

flosses flossie flossier flossies flossiest flossification flossily flossing flossings flosslike

Literary usage of Floss

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Scenes from the "George Eliot" Country by S. Parkinson (1888)
"There are certain leading features in "The Mill on the floss " about which there can ... The floss is the river Trent, the town of St. Oggs is Gainsborough ..."

2. George Eliot by Leslie Stephen (1903)
"THE MILL ON THE floss. ADAM BEDE had not been long in the hands of readers when a new novel was begun. At the end of April 1859 George Eliot had finished a ..."

3. The English Novel: A Study in the Development of Personality by Sidney Lanier (1914)
"But The Mill on the floss, which appeared in April, 1860, together with some strong and generous reviews of Adam Bede which had meantime appeared in Black- ..."

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